4 Little he knows that the shades are there,
that in the depths of the nether world are her guests!

1 [1-6,13-18] Wisdom and folly are
represented as matrons, each inviting people to her banquet. Wisdom offers the
food and drink of divine doctrine and virtue which give life
(⇒ Proverb 9:1-6). Unstable and senseless folly
furnishes the stolen bread and water of deceit and vice which bring death to
her guests.

2 [3] She calls: i.e., indirectly,
through her maidens; but the text could also mean that wisdom herself publicly
proclaims her invitation.